After Being Transmigrated into a Cannon Fodder Scum Alpha - Chapter 5

The magnificent morning sun rose slowly, the rosy clouds floating in the sky like strands of gold, shining warmly into the room.

Lin Chen moved slightly in her sleep, as if sensing the light, and slowly opened her eyes. She recalled the scene before she fainted—the anxious gaze of that wicked, arrogant Alpha, the warm embrace, and that familiar, soft humming.

She had fainted on purpose. Perhaps physical discomfort had made her spirit weak; listening to the Alpha’s mocking tone, she could imagine the malice and disgust on the Alpha’s face even with her head bowed. It was treatment she should have been used to, yet at that moment, it felt particularly unbearable. Grievance flooded into her heart along with her physical pain, surging through her veins. She suddenly wanted to be willful for once, even if what awaited her might be the hideous whip.

She had bet correctly. That cold Alpha seemed to have truly changed—but as to what she had changed into, perhaps further testing was required. Thorough preparation is the prerequisite for ensuring a foolproof result.

“Yun Qi…” Lin Chen’s voice was long and slow, sounding like anticipation, yet also like mockery.

The warmth gradually faded from her dark eyes as Lin Chen thought of the person who had made her suffer so much last night—her “good colleague,” Yi Fei.

In the research institute where Lin Chen used to work, there were only two Omegas: herself and Yi Fei.

Most Alphas in society looked down on Omegas who came out to work, believing that “vases” should stay quietly in their place as decorations rather than causing trouble. When Lin Chen first arrived at the institute, she also faced ostracism from her Alpha colleagues. Despite getting in through her own merit, she was constantly criticized as having entered through the back door using the Lin family’s influence.

But Lin Chen was not alone.

Yi Fei, who had already worked at the institute for six years, was very interested in the new Omega. She took the initiative to contact Lin Chen and became her friend.

Lin Chen was very grateful for this friend who was both a mentor and a peer. She helped Lin Chen familiarize herself with the work and the colleagues, and she also introduced Lin Chen to the organization that changed her life…

This was what Lin Chen was most grateful to Yi Fei for.

Before this, Lin Chen felt she was living in a daze. Though she utterly loathed this twisted world, she didn’t know how to change it. She could only allow herself to become an outlier in the eyes of others, gradually drifting away from those around her…

There had once been a person who supported her, but it was a fleeting bloom, like a flower in a mirror or the moon in the water—vanishing in an instant.

Beep, beep, beep. The sound of her communicator interrupted Lin Chen’s memories.

“Are you alright? Did that bastard punish you?” The voice sounded processed, making the tone unrecognizable.

“…I’m fine.” After a moment’s hesitation, Lin Chen gave an affirmative answer.

“She disappeared yesterday.”

“Find her.”

“Should I…” The person on the other end seemed to want to say more, but Lin Chen hung up.

She heard a slight movement in the living room.

Closing her eyes and opening them again, the gloom faded, replaced by the clarity of blue water and sunny skies.

Lin Chen tilted her head and began to change her clothes.

“My foolish and lazy wife couldn’t be thinking of using a faint to dodge what happened last night, could she?” Along with the sound of the door opening came the Alpha’s familiar tone.

The blue loungewear softened the Alpha’s sharp exterior; the light fuzz on the fabric made the woman at the door look somewhat gentle.

At least, that’s how it looked in Lin Chen’s eyes.

Yun Qi felt a bit awkward. She hadn’t expected Lin Chen to be in the middle of changing when she pushed the door open.

Smooth, delicate skin was exposed to the air. Strands of light passed through the lace curtains, painting faint, round, gently swaying halos on the soft white skin.

Through the large, loose pajamas, Yun Qi could even catch a glimpse of the vague semicircular shapes on that fair chest, rising and falling with her breath.

The little Omega’s eyes were wide, seemingly startled by the sudden intruder.

A curve appeared at the Duke’s lips, her dark eyes staring at the Omega on the bed with a trace of gloom.

A deep, silky voice spilled from her thin lips. It wasn’t loud, but it was enough for the other person in the room to hear: “Could you perhaps move your eyes away and tidy yourself up?”

“Perhaps I should go ask my dear mother-in-law if she taught her daughter the etiquette a noble Omega should possess. I almost thought I had arrived at the Little White Building.” The Alpha dramatically patted her chest as if frightened by the “wanton” scene before her.

Lin Chen heard Yun Qi spit out these harsh, hurtful words, yet the ears hidden beneath her hair were stained crimson.

However, she was “considerate” enough to let her face turn pale quickly to cooperate with Yun Qi’s performance.

[Successfully humiliated your wife. Scum Value +5.]

Yun Qi felt a bit guilty and decided to cut to the next scene quickly.

Waiting for Lin Chen to finish dressing, Yun Qi coughed and cleared her throat.

“So, can my dear wife tell your Alpha the details of what happened yesterday?”

“Yesterday… my friend asked me to go to the Miles for a gathering,” the little Omega’s voice was thin. “No one was there after I went in, so I sat and waited for her, but then…”

The flush on the Omega’s face deepened, and the rest of the words wouldn’t come out.

“Emitting pheromones and hugging other Alphas to beg for pleasure?” The Duke completed the second half of the sentence for her wife.

“No!” The little Omega spoke in a panic. But being used to being dull and quiet, she didn’t know how to explain to her partner when she got nervous, making her look quite flustered.

“Tch.” A disdainful snort. “You don’t really think I care, do you?”

The young Duke laughed wickedly, only calming down after a long while. “I only hope that if my wife truly is insatiable, please be a bit more discreet about it. Don’t lose the face of the Ducal Mansion.”

The Duke disliked her wife—this was common knowledge.

Dog Scum Alpha! Why marry if you don’t love! Yun Qi felt that after returning to Earth, she could write a book recording “The Scum Alpha’s Quotations.”

“Then why did you come over?” the little Omega asked with red eyes, emboldened to question her.

Yun Qi was a bit surprised. In the original plot, Lin Chen never talked back; she always silently endured “Yun Qi’s” mockery.

“Not come over? And let there be a breaking news story this morning about the Duchess having a midnight tryst with her lover?” Her Grace the Duke answered impatiently. She couldn’t be bothered to dwell on this stupid topic any longer.

“Who is that friend of yours?” The Alpha asked the real reason she came today.

In the plot, the Lin Chen who hadn’t met Mu Yu was dull and introverted, with no friends to speak of. Yun Qi had asked her assistant, Ji Lin, to investigate before she went to bed last night, but no close friends of Lin Chen were found.

“…Yi Fei.”

“!” Yun Qi’s pupils dilated, but she immediately controlled herself, suppressing the shock in her heart.

Having received the answer, the Duke turned and left without mercy. She did not want to stay in the same room as this highlight-less, gloomy, and dull Omega.

She didn’t see that a certain someone on the bed was already rolling around with laughter.

Yi Fei. Yun Qi would not forget this famous name from the plot. But how did she already know Lin Chen now? In the original story, although they had worked together, they didn’t have much interaction. Yi Fei looked down on noble Omegas; she loathed these “canaries” who had no thoughts of their own.

In the future, she would be a top general under the command of the other protagonist of this world. She developed a potion that could turn Alphas into artificial Omegas. After capturing several high-ranking Alphas of the Empire, she transformed them into Omegas and threw them onto the Abandoned Planet, saying she wanted them to feel what despair felt like.

Abandoned Planet: A place where Alphas who have committed heinous crimes are exiled.

At the same time, it was also she who facilitated the relationship between Lin Chen and Mu Yu.

In the original plot, after experiencing “Yun Qi,” Lin Chen developed a defensive mentality toward Alphas. Even knowing that Mu Yu was different—someone who truly viewed Omegas and Alphas as equals in their heart—she couldn’t truly let down her guard. Yi Fei saw through Lin Chen’s awkward psychological state and often chatted with her, counseling her and encouraging her to escape the shackles in her heart.

Thinking of Mu Yu, a surge of irritation rose in Yun Qi’s heart.

In her memories, Mu Yu was also a “wooden gourd”—a clumsy lion who did things but never spoke of them. Thus, she and Lin Chen knew each other for a very, very long time before finally confessing their feelings.

The little Omega in the next room was introverted and quiet; she wouldn’t speak up when wronged and would only bottle up her feelings when bullied, letting them ferment into bitterness. That clumsy lion probably wouldn’t even notice when Lin Chen was sad or know how to coax her.

One should know that after Lin Chen and Mu Yu got together, there were often people who, behind Mu Yu’s back, mocked Lin Chen for being a “divorced Omega” and an “unclean person.”

Thinking of this, Yun Qi felt a bit angry. She suddenly felt uneasy about handing the person in that bedroom over to Mu Yu.

“Little Scum, after I return home, can I still communicate with you?” Yun Qi felt troubled. “Can I still know how Lin Chen is doing?”

[No.] The system replied quickly. [After the Host returns to the original world, I will detach from the Host.]

“Fine.” It was the expected answer.

Setting her mood aside, she gave the name Yi Fei to Xu Ji Lin, telling him to investigate all of this person’s information thoroughly and then organize it for her.

After hanging up the communication, Yun Qi yawned and went back to her bedroom. Last night, she had been worried about Lin Chen and slept very late, then crawled out of Lin Chen’s bedroom early this morning, getting barely a few hours of sleep. Since there was nothing to do today, she wanted to make up for the sleep she missed.